After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegiance to the Union, thereby clearing their wanted status. But standing in Clanton's way are the corrupt lawmen Joad and Fowler, who would rather keep the men outlaws to collect the reward on their heads. After Joad and Fowler frame Clanton for murder, he manages to escape, becoming an outlaw himself.
Robert Ryan
as Jeff Clanton
Claire Trevor
as Lily
Jack Buetel
as Bob Younger
Robert Preston
as Matthew Fowler
Walter Brennan
as 'Doc' Butcher
Bruce Cabot
as Cole Younger
John Archer
as Curley Ringo
Lawrence Tierney
as Jesse James
Barton MacLane
as Joad
Tom Tyler
as Frank James
Robert J. Wilke
as Jim Younger
John Cliff
as John Younger
